Friday, March 24, 2006

Me: Mr. McCourt, do you keep in touch with any of your former students?FMcC: They keep in touch with me.Lunch guests: (laughter)Mrs. FMcC: Tell her about the Moose story, Frank!FMcC: Oh, the Moose story.Lunch guests: Yeah! Moose story! Yeah! (incomprehensible mumbling)FMcC: Alright, alright. So I was walking along the street one day, and I ran into one of my old students, who came up to me. He said, "Hey, Mr. McCourt! Remember me? I was one of your students!" and I said, "Yeah, Moose Klein, I remember you." So he says, "Yeah! I was in your class at Stuy!" and I said, "Yes, Moose, I know.""I was in your creative writing class!""YES, Moose, I know.""I was in your creative writing class for a year and a half!""Moose! I know!""Yeah, I was in your class for a year and a half, and because of that I'm a poet. And now I'm starving, so FUCK YOU!"